AN/BLQ-11 Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | AN/BLQ-11 |
| Builders | Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Autonomous underwater vehicle |
| Displacement | 2,743 pounds (1,244 kg) |
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Beam | 1 ft 9 in (0.53 m) |
| Height | 1 ft 9 in (0.53 m) |
| Propulsion | Thrusters |
| Endurance | 60 hours (nominal load) |
| Test depth | 3,300 ft (1,000 m; 550 fathoms) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Forward/side-scan synthetic aperture sonar |
The AN/BLQ-11 is an autonomous unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) formerly called Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS). It was developed by Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the United States Navy. The LMRS is a torpedo tube-launched and tube-recovered underwater search and survey vehicle capable of autonomous naval minefield reconnaissance as much as 120 miles (190 km) in advance of its host Los Angeles-, Seawolf-, or Virginia-class submarine. LMRS is equipped with both forward-looking sonar and side-scan synthetic aperture sonar.